The light of Tankred's lantern and Otto's triple-wicked candle illuminated the dead end.

There were new noises coming from behind the northern door, against which a pile of foul-smelling detritus lay. The noises accompanied a scratching, muted by the thick wood of the door and waste pile. Roderick jumped back from the pile, knocking into Johann, who was pushing what looked like a rotted fruit skin—maybe?—off the surface.

"Something—don't ask me what it was—was just pulled under the door...," spat Roderick, his eyes wide, and the light shifted as Otto tilted his head to get a better look. The light jumped, the shadow…

The party entered a large room. There was a statue of the old sheikh, Abdul Al'Shar. The statue opposes a large mural of the Emperor on the wall opposite. There were runes carved below the statue, describing a curse to the Emperor. There was a also a cryptic message "Does the power lie within?"

Further on. Another room. There were two tall Nurglings at the bottom of a stair. Vaervenshyael charged, knowing Tankred and the others had her back. She shot her pistols. She missed twice. She drew her rapier and main gauche, hitting a daemon twice in quick succession. The creature died to her blades.

On a balcony above the room, a pink bubo and a green bubo cheered and jeered the fight. One escaped, to run away through a door behind the stairs. The party followed.

Vaervenshyael used the Tooth of Pride to seek the direction of the next talisman.

The tooth heated. *flash* There was a room with large statues of frogs, full of riches, gold, gems, wealth. The elf wanted them. Wanted to hold them. *flash* Another room. There were rotting daemons, fighting, laughing. *flash* Another room. A statue. A man with a ranseur. A rotting carpet of maggots. *flash* The elf was rising, up a current of warm air, up through the center of the tower.
"I know which direction we need to go. Down the central shaft."

The remainder of the party, afraid of heights after the previous trip to the tower, talked the elf into trying the stairway and searching the passages beyond the room full of dirt.

Part of the role playing group, the D5, I am sometimes player and sometimes GM. I am experienced in D&D 2e, WarHammer 1e, and BloodBowl. In the past I've also played Shadowrun, EarthDawn, B/X, and D&D 3e. I have been role playing since grade school, though I couldn't give you an exact grade. If I had to try to narrow it down, I'd guess 6th. That makes many years of role playing under my belt.